Stresses for dresses.

The school holidays haven’t been good for my diet.

Oooh the sweet temptation of anything sweet. Ice creams at the beach. A fun afternoon of baking. A little bite here, and a little bite there.
I haven’t been able to be my organised self. I get home, feed Lacey, eat dinner myself, settle her into bed and then collapse into bed myself. It doesn’t leave much time for salad making and food packing.
It’s a long weekend in Australia this weekend so my dietitian has taken the weekend off. How dare she! It means I didn’t get to weigh in. It’s so much easier to sneak a bite here or there when I know I’ve got an extra week to burn it off.
It says in my rules that I’m not allowed to weigh myself at all, but I couldn’t help myself. I was feeling incredibly fat and like I’d gained all the weight that I lost last week. So I hopped on my scales at home. They say I’ve lost 300g. It’s not good, but it’s not a gain. I’ll have to wait until next Saturday to see what the real result is though.
Miss L’s Christening is coming up. I decided that I should probably get my outfit sorted so I’m not upset that nothing fits at the last minute. So it was off to the City I dragged Miss L and my Mum.
I’m not a big fan of the City. Too many crowds. Too many shops. It overwhelms me. We were there early which worked for us. It was a rainy Saturday which I guess equates eager shoppers because it got busy quite quickly.
I tried on about 10 dresses. I’m a dress girl. I love dresses and own a fair few, mostly in smaller sizes than I am now.
All I wanted was a simple black dress, with a fuller skirt. I wanted it to be cute and fun. I couldn’t find it. For the first time in my life I had to shop in the plus-sized section. There isn’t as much variety as I expected. There seemed to be too many sequins and not enough basics. Maybe I wasn’t looking in the right places though.
I ended up with a printed dress that I don’t love. I picked it off the rack as we were about to leave empty handed. It looks okay on, but I know that it’s going to be a waste of $140 because I won’t be this size for very long.

The pattern on the dress.

I also grabbed a black cardigan and a black singlet type top for myself.

Shopping for little girls is oh so much more fun though. I could have bought so much more than I did, easily. I grabbed this dress for Miss L to wear to the party part of her Christening.

I’ve tried on a black dress from my current wardrobe that I think I prefer over the dress I picked up in the City.

A pair of new shoes, a hair-do and a bit of make-up will probably make it work. I hope it will work. x

6 thoughts on “Stresses for dresses.”

  1. I hear your pain!! And I agree, so much easier to shop for a little one….my princess has so many gorgeous dresses and I can’t even find ONE to suit!! I’m sure you’ll look gorgeous in either dress though…..maybe post headless shots for our comparison?

  2. thanks so much for the comment on my blog!

    and I can relate about the dress shopping…I had a similar experience when I was out two weekends ago looking for a dress for a wedding I am going to in a few days. it was so difficult and even though I have lost weight, I wasnt happy with anything! but hang in there..this isnt permanent and that scale will go down.

  3. It’s good to know that I’m not alone with this shopping frustration.

    Thanks for your support girls.

    You’re right Heather.. this is just a transitional stage.. The scales are going down. x

  4. That is such a gorgeous dress, I almost wish I had a little princess to dress up!!
    I know what you mean about the city, it kills me. Too much of the same thing and being around so many people utterly overwhelms me. I find though that going on a weekday morning (I used to work at the Strand) is probably the best time to miss crowds xx

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